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Intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa: a cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Shanaaz Mathews,
Naeemah Abrahams,
Rachel Jewkes,
Lorna J. Martin,
Carl Lombard,
Lisa Vetten
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.07.043786
Subject(s) - femicide , medicine , suicide prevention , poison control , domestic violence , injury prevention , odds ratio , suicide methods , demography , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , criminology , medical emergency , psychology , sociology , suicide rates , pathology
To examine the incidence and patterns of intimate femicide-suicide in South Africa and to describe the factors associated with an increase in the risk of suicide after intimate femicide (i.e. the killing of an intimate female partner).

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